Sunday, June 12, 2016

FIRST SUMMER RAIN

I often walk our dogs early in the mornings and evenings south on the malecón to the pedestrian bridge that leads to the western tip of the isla Cuale. The beach next to the bridge used to be filled with rubbish, but lately it has been very clean. A few enterprising individuals have gotten permission to set up white tablecloth-covered tables where they sell oysters and non-alcoholic drinks. The river, just before it empties into the bay, is filled now with splashing children and their families who prefer to escape the heat here rather than in the bay. Unfortunately, some of these happy vacationers are leaving their trash behind, which is easier that taking it up to the malecón, where there are trash cans. This is not a "blue beach," which means dogs are allowed off leash and the government does not do any cleaning.

RÍO CUALE DÓNDE ESTÁ ENTRANDO A LA BAHÍA

EL RÍO CUALE ENTRANDO EN LA BAHÍA

JUGANDO Y FELIZES EN LA PLAYA

The first rain of the summer arrived on Tuesday night, June 14th, accompanied by the electronic buzz of cicadas, signalling the beginning of their mating season and the summer rains. Several rains followed, some accompanied by thrilling lightning and window-rattling thunderstorms.

EL MALECÓN
DESPUÉS DE LA LLUVIA

The cicadas, who have lived underground as nymphs for 14-17 years, living off the juice of roots, provide food for birds and also for some humans. I have read that two billion people eat insects, including the prune-size cicada. If you would like to get it a try: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/04/130515-cicadas-recipes-food-cooking-bugs-nation-animals/

EL PITILLAL - The clinic was in the same bodega as it was a few weeks ago. Wednesday, the first day of our clinic week, is usually the slowest day. On Wednesday, forty-four cats and dogs had been registered. Eduardo, a ten-year old student at the Emiliano Zapata school where Leslie presented on Tuesday morning, arrived with his dog and received the great PEACEAnimals t-shirt. His mother Monica was a volunteer all day at the clinic. Before I left the clinic, I went across the street to buy a large packet of fresh corn tortillas for the vet team. When I asked the pretty, young woman working there if she had a pet that needed sterilizing, she gave me a big smile and proudly showed me a photo on her phone of her dog that had given birth to four puppies that morning.

BUCERIAS, NAYARIT - A pretty beach town about a 40-minute drive between Puerto Vallarta and Sayulita. There are lovely homes, condos, nice restaurants, small hotels and shops on the west side of the highway and pockets of poverty on the east side. The presence of northerners, whether tourists, part-time or full-time residents, is always visible near the long, powdery beach.

Approximately 65% of this clinic was paid for with 22,000 pesos earmarked for a Bucerias clinic rom board member Lucy Muñiz and her husband Gil Gevins, plus a 1,200 peso donation from Marsha Stanek.
DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS: Vallarta Adventures - Dr. Poli picked up the first monthly donation of vet meds and supplies at the headquarters of Vallarta Adventures in Nuevo Vallarta.

VALLARTA ADVENTURES sponsored an ecological program for sixth graders from public schools entitled "How to Take Care of the Sea and its Resources." The seminar, which included a drawing contest, was taught by Dr. Juan Luis Cifuentes Lemus and coordinated with the Ministry of Public Education. The jury for the art submitted was composed of specialists in environmental areas, the art of drawing and environmental conservation. The very generous prizes, awarded to the top five winners plus two honorable mentions, were donated by VALLARTA ADVENTURES

EDUCATION PROGRAM IN PITILLAL: At 10 AM on Tuesday, Leslie Caratachea visited 78 students at the Emiliano Zapata school. One young boy raised his hand and said that his mother was going to take her neighbor because the neighbor has too many children. Schools will be closed soon for summer vacation.

ESCUELA EMILIANO ZAPATA EN EL PITILLAL - LESLIE PRESENTÓ

A 78 ESTUDIANTES

EDUCATION PROGRAM IN BUCERIAS, NAYARIT - Leslie presented to 65 students at the Secundaria Mixta 16 school. No photos were allowed. Emilio, one of the students, brought the family´s two dogs to the clinic on Thursday and received a PEACEAnimals t-shirt.

AMAZONSMILE - PEACEAnimals is now able to receive donations from Amazon
Smile under the umbrella of Banderas Bay Charities, Inc. Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile
purchases to the
charitable organizations selected by their
customers. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-4752247

If you would like to choose PEACEAnimals as the charity receiving a percentage of your purchases on AmazonSmile, please list Banderas Bay Charities, Inc. PEACEAnimals receives all these donations. Thank you.

CALENDAR FOR SPECIAL SUNDAY ONE-DAY CLINICS ON THE ISLA CUALE, WHERE SO MANY CATS AND KITTENS ARE ABANDONED. PURO GATO WILL HOLD ADOPTIONS ON THE ISLA FROM 11-2 ON THESE SAME DATES.

Julio 3 - domingo - PEACEAnimals

Agosto 7 - domingo - SPCA

Septiembre 4 - domingo - ANGELICAT

Octubre 2 - domingo - PURR PROJECT

Noviembre 6 - domingo - PV ANIMAL

Diciembre 4- domingo - PURO GATO

THE
ABOVE GROUPS HAVE HIRED AND WILL PAY PETS FOR LIFE 4,500 PESOS FOR THE
STERILIZATION OF 30 ANIMALS. IF NUMBERS ARE GREATER, THE SAME
ORGANIZATIONS WILL REQUEST DONATIONS FROM THEIR SUPPORTERS TO MAKE UP
THE DIFFERENCE.For each cat or dog over the number 30, sponsors of the Sunday clinics will be charged 150 pesos.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR A ONE-DAY SUNDAY CLINIC ON THE ISLA CUALE, THE COST IS ONLY 4,500 PESOS TO STERILIZE 30 CATS AND DOGS. PLEASE CONTACT SHANNON@BESTONPROPERTIES.COM

NOTE:
PEACEAnimals, per our agreement with independent contractors, Pets for Life, is
obliged to pay extra for driving time and gasoline for areas outside Puerto
Vallarta.We ask that private or government
groups pay those extra expenses.

PEACEAnimals
does not buy advertising or pay for posters, flyers, megaphone
announcers or locations. All monies raised go directly to actual
costs of the clinics.

All pet registration forms with signatures of owners or rescuers are submitted by
Dr. Poli to the local department of health, with copies to PEACEAnimals.

HER EARS WERE FILLED WITH ENGORGED TICKETS, WHICH WERE REMOVED ON THE
RECOVERY TABLE WHILE SHE WAS STILL UNDER THE AFFECT OF ANESTHESIA.

Clinic
schedule, including directions and other clinic information are always on
website: www.peaceanimals.org, on this blog: www.gretchen-peace-and-pv.blogspot.com and on the PEACEAnimals FaceBook page.

Please
"like" PEACEAnimals and Calle Cero on FaceBook.

LUNCH DONATIONS
NEEDED FOR VET TEAM: PEACEAnimals has a budget of 70 pesos per vet team individual
(three persons) per day for 4 days a week for lunches. Please consider
bringing lunches for our vet team to the clinics. If you can do this, please
advise so we can create a lunch schedule. By having lunches donated, these
savings can used for purchases of supplies and medicines.

WE NEED DONATIONS OF USED AND NEW KENNELS FOR CATS AND DOGS OF ALL SIZES.

If directions needed,
please call our dedicated line (directions are only in Spanish) or refer to our
website or this blog:113 3955

COST FOR ONE SURGERY
WEEK CLINIC IS APPROXIMATELY $1,800 USD.

PLEASE CONSIDER
MAKING A DONATION VIA CHECK, CREDIT CARD, PAYPAL, BEQUEST OR STOCK
TRANSFER. Note: Stocks are transferred at full value without the
donating stock owner being taxed.

PEACEAnimals is
under the umbrella of Banderas Bay Charities, Inc., a US 501 (c)(3)
charity located in Portland, Oregon. Please
make payments payable to either BBC INC or Banderas Bay Charities, Inc.
Donations are tax deductible and should be earmarked for PEACEAnimals.

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About Me

Gretchen DeWitt is president of the board of directors of PEACEAnimals, which was founded in 2011. She was co-founder of the SPCAPV, where she served as president for 18 months before joining the board of directors of PEACE MEXICO. Her focus was raising funds for "Ayuda a los Animales," a free spay/neuter program.